Uriel's sights are set on a title out next month in this newest installment of Books I'm Excited About. Read on for more! My favorite novels have always been the kind that dazzle me with their originality and brim with an aching familiarity. Sanjena Sathian's Gold Diggers does both. Set in a sleepy Atlanta suburb at … Continue reading Books I’m Excited About: ‘Gold Diggers’
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A Tale So True You’d Think It’s Fiction
Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy by Sudhir Venkatesh Reviewed by Doc A commemorative memoir of Sudhir Venkatesh's research in New York City, Floating City is a tale so true you'd have thought it was fiction. Previous author of Gang Leader for a Day and consultant for Levitt … Continue reading A Tale So True You’d Think It’s Fiction
BookPeople Q&A with Scott Hutchins
~Q&A by Spencer Scott Hutchins’ debut novel A Working Theory of Loveis about a lot of things, but the strongest theme is the attempt to reconcile when it is too late to do so. Neill Bassett Jr. is a man whose job is to chat with a computer programmed from the journals of his father, … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Scott Hutchins
Reconciliation in a World of Mayhem
A Working Theory of Love by Scott Hutchins Reviewed by Spencer Scott Hutchins’ debut novel is about a lot of things, but the strongest theme is the attempt to reconcile when it is too late to do so. To reconcile with a father who is already dead, a wife who has already moved on, a … Continue reading Reconciliation in a World of Mayhem